I'm thinking about switching to Resto as I noticed our guild doesn't seem to have one. My base build would be this (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=0ZZxVcxcq0eot).

For daily/grinding I often see Resto's put their remaining 19 points in Balance. Since I have a good Kitty set now, why not something like this 0/19/42 (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=0ZE0McbbZxVcxcq0eot) build? Or should I bit the bullet and put my 19 points into balance like this 19/0/42 (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=0t0ruaZZxVcxcq0eot) build?

Pookies

03-20-2008, 11:16 AM

It's just preference, but I would take Natural Shapeshifter, especially if you love NS+HT and/or don't have a mage in your regular 10-man group.

Also, if you're going to go with the points in balance, you might as well get Natural Perfection to buff your crit chance (as it affects all spells).

I think it's more of a style choice when it comes to balance vs. feral for solo. Personally, I found it very difficult to go from soloing as a cat while feral to soloing as a cat while resto. Your call.

Magellan19

03-20-2008, 05:04 PM

I leveled feral, so I always kept my extra points in my feral tree and carried around my feral set and threw that on while I was soloing or doing dailies.

As my resto set was building quite nicely, I decided to re-spec and put my extra points into Balance. I figured that way I'd at least have more room in my bags (no feral set to carry around), plus I'd never really tried my balance abilities.

Gotta tell ya, I was quite pleasantly surprised! I'm loving it! Balance skills are fun, I can solo quite efficiently, and I very rarely run out of mana.

I never thought I'd say this, but I miss my paws less and less every day. Mind you, I still upgrade my feral set if the opportunity presents itself. :wink:

Archiee

03-20-2008, 07:18 PM

That is the spec I use when raiding. Its also useful for RoS(BT) and Leo the Blind(SSC).

dingodog

04-06-2008, 01:24 PM

[QUOTE=Magellan19]
As my resto set was building quite nicely, I decided to re-spec and put my extra points into Balance. I figured that way I'd at least have more room in my bags (no feral set to carry around), plus I'd never really tried my balance abilities. [QUOTE]

I'm thinking respeccing and putting my feral points to balance for exactly the same reasons (bag space becoming an issue!) I'm glad that it's a move that's worked out for you.... hope I benefit from it too :)

dingo

Zute

04-17-2008, 12:52 PM

The reason I picked balance is because the gear is pretty similar. Lots of +spell dmg on healing gear nowadays. I didn't want to have to carry around an entirely separate set for feral.

Gelaende

04-17-2008, 06:31 PM

I suggest getting Natural Shapeshifter along with Improved Tranquility. I've found Improved Tranq. to be useful in a tight spot in instances.